Begin a search for confederate records: Difference between revisions

''[[United States of America|[[Image:Battle of Gettysburg by Currier and Ives.png|right|900x569px]]United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Military Records|U.S. Military]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning Civil War Research]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Begin a search for confederate records'' [[Image:Civil War Battles Map.PNG|right|1110x659px]] If you have a male ancestor who was born in the 1830s or 1840s and who lived in a southern state or the border states of Kentucky, Maryland, or Missouri, he may have served in the Confederate forces in the Civil War.  Most who served were in their late teens or early twenties but could have been older or younger.  It is helpful to know at least the state where your ancestor lived when the war started in 1861.